[QUOTE=KenmoreGal2;7057096]Hi all. For economy's sake I use a mix of cotton fabric and 100% cotton bed sheets from the thrift store for my quilts. It seems to me that some of these bed sheets are harder to FMQ, could the weave be tighter than regular cotton fabric? Is there some other basic difference between sheets and bolt fabric? They are all just fabric aren't they? Or is it my imagination?
Been there, tried it....not much success - weave too tight..
With that being said, however, I do get 100% cotton ones to use for practice on my long arm........It is like working on a whole cloth quilt.I can use up "ugly" thread colors, use permanent markers to make notes on the sheet (things to remember when I am working on a real quilt)....and it is easy to pull these out, throw them on the floor, and spot exactly what I am looking for, rather than pour through my notebooks.